I'll eat up all your crackers and your licorice

100 Words about Baseball

Why I Love Baseball

There is no clock
90 feet between bases is genius
There are secret signs
Hanging curveballs are sexy
Numbers are magic: 755, 56, 7, 61, 1.12
Tinker to Evers to Chance
Ivy at Wrigley
The Green Monster
The suicide squeeze
Cracker Jack
Walt Whitman liked it
Jackie Robinson and Pee-Wee Reese
It just feels American
The seventh-inning stretch
Superstition
Guys in tight pants
Bull Durham
Centerfield
There’s no crying in baseball
Cooperstown
A great play at the plate
Chatter
Pepper
High socks
Tradition
Spring training
Keeping score
The rubber game
The infield fly rule
162 chances

Become a Fan

Month of Frugality, day 1

Not too bad. I've resolved to only spend $100 on knitting and $50 on scrapbooking this month, along with various and sundry other cutbacks. Oh, and I'm limiting myself to the purchase of 2 magazines to augment the cubic buttload I get by subscription.

However, last night, L talked me into knitting http://www.chicknits.com/chickami.html along with her. I just happen to have enough Berroco Softwist for it, in black, so I figured I'd give it a go. So I'm using my stash, which is a Good Thing. I did not, however, have the correct needles, so I went out to AC Moore today and got some bamboo circulars in US #6. I also picked up some decent stitch markers and a skein of Patons Katrina in pink (for future baby hats since it was 50% off). So $16.83 off my $100 budget so far.

But, oops. I didn't realize I needed #3 circulars to cast on with -- I thought the pattern started with 6s. So instead of doing the ribbing at the bottom on circs, I'm doing the front on the straight 3s I have, then moving that piece to holders while I do the back ribbing. Then I'll join them when I move it all to the 6s to start the body.

Of course, my singular inability to read for comprehension means that while I'm now on the 4th row of the front ribbing piece, it took me three lengthy tries to get to this point. Thanks to Tr for some on-the-spot wisdom on rib knitting, and to Sa for being there to muddle through to understanding with me.

The funny thing is that I have this rep for being a BI. But my little experiment in frugality has been very popular today. Go figure.